Hi,
I'm not sure if anyone has done this before so thought I'd share.
I have decided to retrofit my vehicle with the OEM rear entertainment system.
I recently retrofitted the OEM DVD changer, ever since my eldest daughter has been complaining she cant see the screen from the back!
Personally I dont like fitting aftermarket equipment so here I am retrofitting the rear entertainment system.
I already have rear comfort seats so the arm rest is there just missing the controller!
I purchased the screen and control unit from ebay for £150
The controller I bought separately for £80
This is the screen fitted:
Right now the fun part! My rear armrest does not have the provision for the rear idrive controller:
The dealer wanted £220 for the trim with the hole for the controller! :yikes:
I'm not made of money so decided to have a go at modifying the wood trim myself!
I bolted the rear armrest to a thick piece of aluminium using M5 stand-offs, the holes in the armrest casting had to be drilled to 4.5mm and taped to M5:
I then bolted the assembly to a milling machine and placed the rear controller stencil a colleague at work kindly made for me!
I then cut the arm rest trim to the stencil using 10mm slot cutter:
A little finishing off with a small file and the rear controller now fits the original trim:
Bear in mind this is wood veneer bonded to an aluminium casting, I found it best to carefully cut the wood veneer first to avoid cracking and chipping before going round a second time to cut the aluminium.
I have bought the new video module for rear entertainment, hopefully that will arrive next week. I do have a genuine hybrid Digital tv module for sale at the moment on ebay £390 this receives all UK freeview channels, the only reason for sale is its not compatible with the rear entertainment system due to some major wiring differences.
I will update shortly with wiring and fibre optic routing for the rear control module.
Stuart
I'm not sure if anyone has done this before so thought I'd share.
I have decided to retrofit my vehicle with the OEM rear entertainment system.
I recently retrofitted the OEM DVD changer, ever since my eldest daughter has been complaining she cant see the screen from the back!
Personally I dont like fitting aftermarket equipment so here I am retrofitting the rear entertainment system.
I already have rear comfort seats so the arm rest is there just missing the controller!
I purchased the screen and control unit from ebay for £150
The controller I bought separately for £80
This is the screen fitted:
Right now the fun part! My rear armrest does not have the provision for the rear idrive controller:
The dealer wanted £220 for the trim with the hole for the controller! :yikes:
I'm not made of money so decided to have a go at modifying the wood trim myself!
I bolted the rear armrest to a thick piece of aluminium using M5 stand-offs, the holes in the armrest casting had to be drilled to 4.5mm and taped to M5:
I then bolted the assembly to a milling machine and placed the rear controller stencil a colleague at work kindly made for me!
I then cut the arm rest trim to the stencil using 10mm slot cutter:
A little finishing off with a small file and the rear controller now fits the original trim:
Bear in mind this is wood veneer bonded to an aluminium casting, I found it best to carefully cut the wood veneer first to avoid cracking and chipping before going round a second time to cut the aluminium.
I have bought the new video module for rear entertainment, hopefully that will arrive next week. I do have a genuine hybrid Digital tv module for sale at the moment on ebay £390 this receives all UK freeview channels, the only reason for sale is its not compatible with the rear entertainment system due to some major wiring differences.
I will update shortly with wiring and fibre optic routing for the rear control module.
Stuart